09-Mar-2025 01:14 PM
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Hyderabad, Mar 9 (Reporter) Rescue operations are ongoing for the 16th consecutive day at the collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Nagarkurnool district.
Some progress has been made in locating the missing workers. The Kerala Cadaver Dog Squad, along with support teams, has reportedly discovered human remains at the D-2 point, approximately 100 meters from the accident site. Officials stated that personnel are carefully excavating the area, and some of the missing workers may be identified by this evening.
The SLBC tunnel work resumed recently after a five-year hiatus. On the morning of February 22, while construction was underway, the tunnel suddenly collapsed. Of the 42 workers near the tunnel boring machine, all managed to escape, but eight workers trapped on the other side remain unaccounted for.
Rescue efforts have been ongoing since the collapse, but as time passes, officials fear that those trapped inside may not have survived...////...